City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

Had to laugh on Saturday. The guy next to me always come back late at half time etc. On Saturday he missed the 3rd goal. He sits down and says f..k me we scored thought it was kick off after half time. :)
 
Fred_Quimby said:
Had to laugh on Saturday. The guy next to me always come back late at half time etc. On Saturday he missed the 3rd goal. He sits down and says f..k me we scored thought it was kick off after half time. :)
Click to expand...

Used to be a guy near me came in after KO. Got up on 35 mins to go the bar, came back 5 mins into 2nd half.
Bet he only seen 1 goal on Saturday!
Still he did stay till the end.
 
wythenshaweblue£££ said:
Don’t get it how so many people can leave half the stadium is empty by time the whistle has blown. Always stay till the end no matter what. You would think we lose most game the way people leave.
Click to expand...
Why is it so hard to believe that people will leave a game that had been over for 45 minutes, and had become an experimental, and rather boring training session ? (and yes I was there to applaud them off.)
 
wythenshaweblue£££ said:
Don’t get it how so many people can leave half the stadium is empty by time the whistle has blown. Always stay till the end no matter what. You would think we lose most game the way people leave.
Click to expand...
I’m with you on this, in particular for matches on a weekend, what’s the mad rush? Some I appreciate may have evening jobs or child care issues but pretty sure for many it’s just them wanting to get a few extra pints in.

Champions League/Cup nights, fair enough, it’s a work day/school day, late kick off and if you have a fair distance to travel then you will be lucky to be home by midnight unless you live very locally.
 
I think the traditional 3pm Sat games are now becoming the exact opposite of what they once were. The thing is now that TV takes all the "bigger" games with a sprinkling of the others for alternative ko's. For a lot of fans Sat 3pm is now a bit of an inconvenience rather than the preferred ko time that it once was. Supporters are thinking " not too bothered about going,it's only Fulham etc" and then depart early because we're generally winning. It's strange because people used to not turn up because we were shite, now we're a great team they expect us to win and can't be arsed coming or leave 15 mins early.
 
Roachy said:
I think the traditional 3pm Sat games are now becoming the exact opposite of what they once were. The thing is now that TV takes all the "bigger" games with a sprinkling of the others for alternative ko's. For a lot of fans Sat 3pm is now a bit of an inconvenience rather than the preferred ko time that it once was. Supporters are thinking " not too bothered about going,it's only Fulham etc" and then depart early because we're generally winning. It's strange because people used to not turn up because we were shite, now we're a great team they expect us to win and can't be arsed coming or leave 15 mins early.
Click to expand...
Not turn up because we never won, not turn up because we always win...hmmmmm strange
 
mancity2012_eamo said:
I thought it looked particularly bad this week.
Click to expand...
I'm just at the Football Museum and they've got Sky Sports on the TV's in the bar. Just shown the Fulham game highlights and the South Stand was more than half empty with a few minutes to go. That's supposed to be our most loyal hard-core support and most had gone before the end. Could barely believe it.
 
Roachy said:
Supporters are thinking " not too bothered about going,it's only Fulham etc"
Click to expand...
I've never quite managed to get my head around this, I go to watch and support City not the opposition and while certain matches - derbies, title/relegation deciders - obviously have an additional attraction it's never been a decisive factor in whether I attend or not.

Saturday was surprisingly bad from the no-shows aspect as well as the early leavers, with the kids back at school I was expecting a healthier turn-out in the Family Stand but no, the usual empty block of 15-20 seats was in evidence yet again along with a few significant gaps elsewhere which were also apparent in CBL3 and the home section of SSL3.
 
idahoblues said:
Not turn up because we never won, not turn up because we always win...hmmmmm strange
Click to expand...
Well that is/has been the mentality of some of our supporters because I've heard it said, and I won't be on my own. In fact I bet there's people who use this forum who could say "yeah I' m one of them".
 
As promised.

No seats in Colin Bell, level 3, according to the ticket office on Saturday.

Lucky I didn't ask for a level 2 seat. :-?

If the Fulham match was sold out, my name is Sheikh Mansour.

Not caught on camera. East stand, level 2, a large block of empty seats just out of picture, to the right of the shot.

Tumbleweeds rolling through the corporate boxes in the East Stand.

Click on the picture's to enlarge.

DSC04369.jpg


DSC04370.jpg
 
jrb said:
As promised.

No seats in Colin Bell, level 3, according to the ticket office on Saturday.

Lucky I didn't ask for a level 2 seat. :-?

If the Fulham match was sold out, my name is Sheikh Mansour.

Not caught on camera. East stand, level 2, a large block of empty seats just out of picture, to the right of the shot.

Tumbleweeds rolling through the corporate boxes in the East Stand.

Click on the picture's to enlarge.

DSC04369.jpg


DSC04370.jpg
Click to expand...
Different debate than the leaving early one, but this confuses and worries me, regarding getting tickets.
I posted in the CL Ticket thread. I tried every PL home game up to the end of November and wasn't offered a block with two seats together,
so eventually gave up and myself and son are coming over on Wednesday for the Lyon game. He has to be kept out of school to do this which I hate doing.
I also would have preferred to wait for the Hoffenhei game which is miles away yet but oddly the same result, I couldn't get two seats together.

I think the empty seats has as much to do with this kind of website problem as anything else.
 
My theory is that it is, in general, the older and richer season ticket holders that are picking their games to attend. Putting up season ticket prices will just move the problem to a different set of fans who then can’t afford to go.

The only thing I can think of is safe standing. It could be cheaper than seats and the older generation won’t want to stand so the younger fans snap them up.

I hate to say it but I also think that there are some fans that initially chose to support City as there was a lot to moan about. Now the football is sublime what’s the point?! They lay in wait clutching their season ticket ready to return at the first sign of a slip!

The problem is worse at City because the average season ticket holder has been going over 20 years and some of them can’t be arsed going to any game that isn’t v top 6 anymore. In doing so they block the younger fans who want to go but are told it’s a sell out.

It’s a generational thing. I blame United ;-)
 
jrb said:
As promised.

No seats in Colin Bell, level 3, according to the ticket office on Saturday.

Lucky I didn't ask for a level 2 seat. :-?

If the Fulham match was sold out, my name is Sheikh Mansour.

Not caught on camera. East stand, level 2, a large block of empty seats just out of picture, to the right of the shot.

Tumbleweeds rolling through the corporate boxes in the East Stand.
Click to expand...
Nice photos JRB, but I don't think they show a big problem at all. Rather than swathes of empty seats they show a small number in the corporate hospitality area which is hardly a surprise for a fixture against Fulham. Not ideal, but I bet if you took same photo at Wembley, Anfield, Emirates, OT etc for same fixture you'd find similar problem. If you hve corporate hospitality seating, accept that they are going to pick and choose their games.

I am more interested in the Lyon game as a bellweather. Hoping for 50k to match last season (Napoli)
 
Marvin said:
Nice photos JRB, but I don't think they show a big problem at all. Rather than swathes of empty seats they show a small number in the corporate hospitality area which is hardly a surprise for a fixture against Fulham. Not ideal, but I bet if you took same photo at Wembley, Anfield, Emirates, OT etc for same fixture you'd find similar problem. If you hve corporate hospitality seating, accept that they are going to pick and choose their games.

I am more interested in the Lyon game as a bellweather. Hoping for 50k to match last season (Napoli)
Click to expand...


that wont happen as 3rd tier in both east colin and south not open, that is from yesterday
 
wythenshaweblue£££ said:
Don’t get it how so many people can leave half the stadium is empty by time the whistle has blown. Always stay till the end no matter what. You would think we lose most game the way people leave.
Click to expand...
I really think it's disrespectful to our players (owners, Pep and staff) when the final whistle goes and they look around to see an half empty stadium.

Stay till the end and show your support and appreciation. No shit excuses allowed!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top